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| Record Summary | Male, swept off Oak |
| Found as | Male imago |
| Date | 14 June 2024 |
| Capture method | swept |
| OS grid ref | OSGR: SU01 |
| Lat/Lon | 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W |
| Vice County | South Wilts, VC no: 8 |
| Country | England |
| Voucher | 14 Jun 2024[H] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Body length: 17mm, wing length: 15mm; flagellomeres: 59+59.
Temple slightly narrower than eye, large gap between ocellus and eye.
Sclerotised section of S1 ending distinctly posterior to spiracle; T1 with small dorsal undulation.
Gavin Broad says "It’s certainly a confusing specimen. In most respects it looks like a good match for Ophion borealis, e.g., the long ocellar-ocular gap, stout first flagellomere, 59 flagellar segments, dimensions of the face and the propodeal carinae pattern. However, the rather sinuous first metasomal segment and the pleurosternal angles far removed from the sternal angles are not typical for O. borealis (or related species). I’m pretty sure it’s not O. arenarius, which shouldn’t have such a buccate head, or strong median longitudinal carinae. It is not O. paukunneni. I suppose it could possibly be something new, near to either O. crassicornis/borealis or to O. ellenae (although it doesn’t really look much like O. ellenae).
Males can be really atypical and two weird males I’ve struggled with have turned out to be O. arenarius when I had them barcoded. I think this should be barcoded!"
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